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William Swadling

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05 March 2009

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03 January 2008

Birks, Peter Brian Herrenden (1941–2004), jurist, was born on 3 October 1941 at Green Hedges, Westmeston, Lewes, Sussex, the eldest son of Peter Herrenden Birks, a medical practitioner and captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and his wife, (Maud) Mary, née Morgan...

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Alex May

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08 January 2015

Simpson, (Alfred William) Brian (1931–2011), legal historian and legal scholar, was born on 17 August 1931 at Helme Chase nursing home, Kendal, Westmorland, the younger son and youngest of four children (three of whom survived infancy) of Bernard William Simpson (1891–1966), Church of England...

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H. R. Tedder

revised by Elizabeth Baigent

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23 September 2004

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23 September 2004

Todd, Alpheus (1821–1884), librarian and constitutional historian in Canada, the son of Henry Cooke Todd, an author, was born in London on 30 July 1821. He emigrated with his family to York, Upper Canada, in 1833, and the following year, when York was incorporated as ...

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Christopher Forsyth

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05 March 2009

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03 January 2008

Wade, Sir (Henry) William Rawson (1918–2004), jurist and college head, was born on 16 January 1918 at 24 Devonshire Street, London, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Oswald Wade (d. 1941) of the 6th West Yorkshire regiment (in civilian life a solicitor) and his wife, ...

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